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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVA198200046 Application 1982-08-17 $zc. Permit Fee P. al. 7 Applica No, v -�1�- Sign Erected By: Llot j jrv, Staff: :zzharcni I APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE Zoning Department 401 Mclntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22901-4596 County of Albemarle 296-5832 Date of Application August 24 , 19 82 . OWNER OF PROPERTY OCCUPANT (If other than owner) Name: General Electric Company Name: Address: Route 29 North Address: Charlottesville, VA Lloyd Smith, counsel: 9774455 Telephone: Karen Fitzgibbon, companyrepTelephone: tel: 9786403 or 978640 Location. of Property: Route 29 North between Briarwood Subdivision and intersection with State Route 763 ate- T n 1i 9 024 -14 .51,3b8a Tax Map 21 Parcels 12 and 14 Acreage -5-3' 0 21 -1 z ` .`i in Existing Zoning Light Industrial District Rivanna Existing Use: Manufacturing, laboratories and offices Variance sought (des • briefly relief sought) : • See Attachment 1 \kriake nrt Aklack,ec h,tc.. I hereby certify that the foregoing information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I am the Towner named above. at,„„wut ge-41-1 IN J ~csw. 8/Z'3 63 App icant eneral Elec is Dat Company by Lloyd T. Sm th, Jr . , counsel FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Zoning Administrator has/has not rendered a decision. If so, state substance of decision: Date of Hearing: ' /4 L 5' P Z Final Decision Made: '`R- , `,4 Z- The variance sought wased/ap�roved with the following conditions: / Advre-L .4.-,2 ,)---4,7,,x.,,, , — Special Use Permit, 0 IONING APPEALS ' ' , 1 Sign Permit# C� ✓ > e Building Permit# <1 Th i( flfl02,1 .._ . , \., it..'-s.,...,=,.../ /, „ N ,,,,. • 41,4140,, „ �a' . ,/�itak,1N 34 , o© it a - m a 21 • ,. 71 // . I 44 I 1r 11W 52 .T IAA 17 1{ !! I a I,� , 7• r f 534 I. 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H ry \\I?•\ /' tat. v, / w, ![ 34C • / r.,,e,,,,i ,�- ,•..:;-111-10- --)1" c- c. -/ L =0 ,/ z' i •'- / + - I '7 / 1 C 22h' / o{ psi"\ 1t v / .' r v c i 33 Nome STAFF REPORT VA-82-46. General Electric Company Tax Map: 021 Parcels: 12 and 14 Zoned: LI EXISTING ACTIVITY Manufacturing, laboratories, and offices PROPOSED VARIANCE The applicant requests relief from Section 26. 10. 1 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance to allow sign number 1 to be located ten (10) feet north from Austin Drive right-of-way, a variance of forty (40) feet; and to be 30 feet from U.S. 29 right-of-way, a variance of 20 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26. 10.1 to allow sign number 4 to be located 10 feet south of Rt. 606 right-of-way, a variance of 40 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26. 10. 1 to allow sign number 9 to be located 20 feet south of Rt. 763 right-of-way, a variance of 30 feet; and to be located 20 feet from Rt. 29 right-of-way, a variance of 30 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26. 10. 1 to allow sign number 10 to be located 35 feet north of Austin Drive right-of-way, a variance of 15 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 4. 15.3.8 to allow 127.5 square feet aggregate area of freestanding business signs, a variance of 27.5 square feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 3.0 to allow sign number 1 (directional sign) to be 12 square feet, a variance of 8 square feet; and to allow sign number 4 (directional sign) to be 15 square feet; a variance of 11 square feet. ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT Pursuant to Section 26. 10. 1, adjacent to public streets: No portion of any structure, except signs advertising sale or rental of the property, shall be erected closer than fifty (50) feet to any public street right-of-way. Pursuant to Section 4. 15.3.8, Business Signs, Freestanding or Projecting: Provided: (b) the aggregate area of such signs shall not exceed one hundred (100) square feet. Pursuant to Section 3.0, Sign, Directional: A sign, one end of which is pointed, on which an arrow is painted or otherwise indicates the direction to which attention is called, not illuminated, four (4) square feet or less in area, giving the name only of a person(s) , farm, business, or other establishment. fire' Page 2 Staff Report For General Electric Company VA-82-46 STAFF RECOMMENDATION Sign No. 1 warrants the need for setback and size because of the notification it delivers. Sign No. 4 warrants the need for setback, but find if the sign is located only 10 feet from right-of-way, then the sign area is not warranted, and it could be made smaller. Sign No. 9 - The aggregate area of this sign we feel does not warrant the setback applied for. We feel that visibility is good, and therefore the sign could be set closer to the required setback. Sign No. 10 - We feel that the setback can be met through the location of this sign and that no hardship is visible. We feel that the aggregate area of 27.5 square feet is reasonable because the property size and the access from both Rt. 29 north and Rt. 763. I v411 OF ALB,EM ' 0� pF Ater �< • ROBERT E.VAUGHN Inspections Department } H.P.CLARKE DIRECTOR OF INSPECTIONS BUILDING OFFICIAL ZONING ADMINISTRATOR BUILDING,ZONING,SOIL EROSION ANDREW D.EVANS JESSE R.HURT FIRE PREVENTION DEPUTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INSPECTIONS 401 MCINTIRE ROAD.ROOM 2-2 IRA B.CORTI Z CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA 22901-4596 FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER (804)296-5832 September 1, 1982 1 General Electric Company c/o Lloyd T. Smith, Jr. , Esquire P.O. Box 1585 Charlottesville, VA 22901 Re: Variance Application No. VA-82-46 Dear Mr. Smith: Enclosed please find your receipt for $20 for your application for VA-82-46 for General Electric Company. You will need to place the enclosed placard giving notification of your request on the subject property, within reasonable sight of a public road on which it may abut or have access to. If you have any questions, please give our office a call. Sincerely, r Sharon .Taylor Zoning Secretary ST/ cc: VA-82-46 Attachment 1 The applicant seeks variances from the requirements of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance with respect to four proposed signs. The signs are designated numbers 1 , 4 , 9 and 10 and are shown on drawings numbered C-5 , C-8 and C-34 , which drawings are attached hereto . The variances sought are from the requirement of Section 26 . 10 .1 of the ordinance requiring that no portion of any structure be erected closer than fifty feet to any public street right of way, and from Section 4 . 15.3 . 8 requiring the aggregate area of business signs be nct greater than 100 square feet . Specifically, the applicant requests the following variances with respect to the following signs: Sign Number 1 . A variance to permit sign number 1 to be located ten feet north of the Austin Drive right of way and thirty feet west of U .S . 29 right of way. Sign Number 4 . A variance to permit sign number 4 to be located ten feet south of State Route 606 right of way. Sign Number 9 . A variance to permit sign number 9 , located at the intersections of U.S . Route 29 and State Route 763 , to be S 1o � located ' - feet south of the right of way of State Route 763 and D twenty feet from the right of way of U .S . Route 29. Sign Number 10 . A variance to permit sign number 10 , located in the traffic island at the intersection of Austin Drive and roads A and T, to be located at a distance of 35 feet north of Austin Drive right of way. Signs 9 and 10 Combined . A variance to permit the combined area of signs 9 and 10 to equal 127 . 5 square feet rather than the combined area prescribed by the ordinance of 100 square feet. The information, graphics application, size and proposed mounting of signs 1 , 4 , 9 and 10 along with detailed graphics for 9 and 10 are included with this application as Attachment 2 . The specific reasons for the variance and the hardship which the applicant seeks to avoid will be presented to the Board orally at the hearing. LAW OFFICES SMITH,TAGGART, GIBSON, SUTTON & ALBRO P.O.Box 1585 CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA 22902 LLOYD T SMITH,JR. 105-109 EAST HIGH STREET TREMBLAY&SMITH JOHN K.TAGGART,III TELEPHONE(804)977-4455 1970-1982 MELVIN E.GIBSON,JR. DAVID G.SUTTON THOMAS E.ALBRO GRACER.DENHARTOG August 27, 1982 ANNE H.BIEBEL BARRETT E.POPE Mrs. Karen FitzGibbon General Electric Company P . 0. Box 8106 Charlottesville, Virginia 22906 Dear Karen: Today I received a call from Sharon Taylor at the County Board of Zoning Appeals. She pointed out the following matters with respect to our application which I have told her to handle and treat as modifications to the application. They are as follows: 1 . Attachment 1 to Application Reference Sign 9 . She pointed out that the drawing indicates sign number 9 is set back twenty feet from Route 29 and twenty feet from Route 763 .'' Attachment 1 to the application indicated the set-back was , 37 . feet from State Route 763. 2 . She also pointed out that both signs 1 and 4 are ' directional signs , and under the requirements of the sign ordinance may be only four square feet. Sign 1 is twelve square feet, and sign 4 is fifteen square feet. I am going to ask hurl, to add those two items to our request for variance. I have talked to Dan Sitler about this, and I am sending a copy of this letter to Bob Haenel so he will be apprised of the changes . I still look forward to receiving from you additional copies of drawings C-5 , C-8 and C-34 . 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Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26.10. 1 to allow sign number 4 to be located 10 feet south of Rt. 606 right-of-way, a variance of 40 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26.10.1 to allow sign number 9 to be located 20 feet south of Rt. 763 right-of-way, a variance of 20 feet; and to be located 20 feet from Rt. 29 right-of-way, a variance of 30 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 26. 10. 1 to allow sign number 10 to be located 35 feet north of Austin Drive right-of-way, a variance of 15 feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 4. 15.3.8 to allow 127.5 square feet aggregate area of freestanding business signs, a variance of 27.5 square feet. Also, the applicant requests relief from Section 3.0 to allow sign number 1 (directional sign) to be 12 square feet, a variance of 8 square feet; and to allow sign no. 4 (directional sign) to be 15 square feet; a variance of 11 square feet. vise LAW OFFICES SMITH,TAGGART, GIBSON, SUTTON & ALBRO P.0.Box 1585 CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA 22902 LLOYD T SMITH,JR. 105-109 EAST HIGH STREET TREMBLAY&SMITH 1970-1982 JOHN J{.TAGGART,III TELEPHONE(804)977-4455 MELVIN E.GIBSON,JR. DAVID G.SUTTON THOMAs E.ALBRO GRACE R.DEN HARTOG ANNE H.BIEBEL August 24 , 1982 BARRETT E.POPE Mrs. Sharon Taylor County of Albemarle Zoning Department 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville , Virginia 22901-4596 Re: General Electric Company - Application for Variance to Board of Zoning Appeals re Sign Ordinance Dear Mrs. Taylor: I am enclosing an application for variance from the provisions of the sign ordinance for General Electric Company, as I discussed with you last Friday. 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